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Well I guess it was assumed. Dinosaur Island was announced as only remaining for one year. It was to close in June/July last year for the Wild attraction which had a targeted opening of 2014 at the time. With Dinosaur Island closing 8 months after it was supposed to, a 2015 opening of Wild (or at least something on that reclaimed land) seems likely.

Like the though, it would be very easy for the Cyclone to be extended with some track pieces from Sea Viper during its two-week maintenance period later this year.

It's worth noting that these rides were added when the park was owned by a Singaporean businessman. Macquarie Leisure (now Ardent) took over around the time of the installation of the Giant Drop.

I agree with this, I think it is just an old video from before the park opened. Also, the original plans for the park were drafted by WhiteWater West, hence all the rides by them. I believe the final plans were done by Water Technology Inc.

It's actually approaching 21 years, isn't it? At that age, a major maintenance period would almost certainly be needed. I just hope Dreamworld are able to get any spare/replacement parts that are needed considering so few installations of the ride were manufactured, and we don't see another Eureka.

Wet'n'Wild issued this statement earlier in the week:

Storm Coaster is the cover story of the latest edition of Park World Magazine. The two page spread goes into detail about DyMoRides, who coordinated the theming and effects for the ride.

There was one proposed for Dubailand years ago, but with the GFC most of those proposals went down the drain. Interesting to see the plan for one near Ferrari World and Yas Waterworld though. I daresay this will be a Time Warner venture. I take it you've already seen this thread, but for others interested: http://www.themeparx.com/warner-brothers-park-abu-dhabi/ Edit: Looking into this more it seems Thinkwell Group has been contracted for the last couple of years on this project.

Sounds like they're bringing back elements of the Police Academy Stunt Show:

Surely Wet'n'Wild would have a system to prevent this, but, none the less, people are trying to sell them: http://www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.XWet%27n%27Wild+Sydney&_nkw=Wet%27n%27Wild+Sydney&_sacat=0&_from=R40

...and then re-attached itself to the floor of the boat.

...obviously another turbine.

From the Gold Coast Bulletin today: http://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/entertainment/dreamworld-claims-4th-spot-in-travel-company-adiosos-list-of-the-worlds-best-theme-parks/story-fnj94hgr-1226794091128

Sounds like maybe this is just a partnership for marketing purposes only. The wildlife park's new owners as of June are Moss Capital. http://www.afr.com/p/business/property/moss_buys_featherdale_wildlife_park_c0uUn6RgYXla4y1cguuQQM

I can't remember ever seeing those gates opened, even when the train was in full operation. I recall always being forced through the automatic boom gates and past the retail plaza. Are you sure those gates have ever been open (except for vehicles)?

I don't think Dreamworld added this as a drawcard attraction. I think the area needed a bit of a refurb (it was left basically untouched for about 12 years), and with the insentive of the government matching Dreamworld's investment dollar for dollar, why wouldn't they go ahead with it?

I think there is no problem with having so many slides on the one tower. If the park does decide to open on limited operations throughout a winter season sometime in the future, the tower structure as it is would be great. The problem sounds to be the queue structure. Now I haven't been to the park, but it appears there is one staircase per tower. With proper organisation this could work, but it doesn't sound like it does. I remember hearing an interview with Lo-Q a little while back saying they'd love to be able to design all of the water slide queues in the world because, in their experience, if they can get everyone to queue at the bottom of the towers and have a minimal amount of people on the stairs, it would result in smoother operations. Because there aren't any rafts, a tower like the ProSlide T5 one could share stairs quite simply by using the method WWW uses as someone else mentioned previously. The WhiteWater raft tower has five different slides (counting the four Breakers as one). No matter how you look at it, a single staircase doesn't suffice. You probably need a minimum of two sets, possibly more considering you are going up with your rafts.

I stumbled upon the aforementioned photos (page 4 onwards): http://www.parkz.com.au/parks/AU/Prospect/Wet_n_Wild_Sydney/photos/page4.html Also, I wonder how long it will be before the Gold Coast parks get a similar RFID solution. I know we have splash cash at WNWGC but having entry, lockers, and payments all controlled by a wristband seems pretty great not just from a guest's perspective of convenience, but the park will probably see higher in-park spending.

Some more news articles with pictures have emerged here and here. There is also an article critising the park's customer service here, and one from Jamberoo's perspective here.

Outlaw Run cost US$10 million. The Intamins cost another 2-3 mil on top of that. With Vekoma now doing international licensing for Rocky Mountain rides, I'd love to see an Australian park get one. With the high demand for Rocky Mountain coasters though (they are booked out for the next year or so), I think a park in Australia, even if they had the money, would be further down the list than say a larger amusement park operator.

^ Cascade

I just don't understand how you can think that in the same area the park once had Bermuda you could get a 28m tall coaster + Bermuda. We've the extent of how big this ride would be. Looking at the pictures and the POV, I think they've done a very good job. If you are unhappy with what we got, just be glad they didn't plonk the coaster down in the carpark like the original plans.

^The original set of slides were blue and known as White Water Mountain (and all open IIRC). They replaced them with green ones (2 open + 2 enclosed) in 2007, when the name change took place. Since they only replaced them in 2007, I doubt we'd see them replaced anytime soon. However, a high-capacity master blaster attraction (by way of multiple slides, or large rafts) would be on my wish list for things at WNW in the near future.

Dreamworld previously removed their set of go karts. According to the database, "lack of popularity or safety concerns are two likely reasons for its closure". I doubt we'd see them make a return. On the wider topic, I'm with the others here; I highly doubt we'd see them remove the rapids.